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LOT 0876
Neo-Sumerian Alabaster Kohl Pot with Lions
CIRCA 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 3/8 in. (29.4 grams, 35 mm wide).
An alabaster kohl jar composed of a bulbous body with broad everted rim; two naturalistically engraved recumbent lions in low relief to the equator.
ProvenanceFrom a collection formed pre 1988.
London and Geneva collection, thence by descent.
Accompanied by a copy of a previous typed catalogue page.
Numerous stone kohl containers have been discovered at the temple of the goddess Inanna. The close association between her cult and the kohl jar is based on the literature recording the attractive black eyes of Inanna after she painted them with kohl. Inanna was one of the principal deities worshipped in ancient Mesopotamia.
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LOT 0876
Neo-Sumerian Alabaster Kohl Pot with Lions
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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